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brm_584003 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus

GALERIUS Follis ou nummus AU
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125.00 €(Approx. 136.25$ | 103.75£)
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 308-310
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 6,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron-vert
Catalogue references :
RIC.101 a - MRK.122 /64 - RC.3719 (25£)
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Luc Corso

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP C GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Galerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Galère Maximien pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : GENIO IMP-ERATORIS/ K|E/P// ALE.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout de face, coiffé du modius, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Imperatoris”, (Au Génie de l'empereur).

Historical background

GALÈRE

(1/03/293-5/05/311) Galerius Valerius Maximianus

August (1/05/305-5/05/311)

Galley was of humble origin. Chosen as Caesar March 1 or May 1 293, it is subject to Diocletian to help govern the East. Galley suffered a crushing defeat in 296 against the Sassanids, but the following year he defeated Narses. According to Lactantius, it is the cause of the persecution of Christians in 302-303. During the illness of Diocletian, he pushes it to abdicate. Diocletian and Maximian leave office on May 1 305 Galerius and Constantius become august. The last six years of his life, he will helplessly the disintegration of the political system created by Diocletian Tetrarchy. He died May 5 after stopping 311, five days before the persecution against Christians.

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